LONDON : Cape Town will host a round of the electric Formula E championship next February, joining India's Hyderabad and Brazil's Sao Paulo as three new venues on a 2023 calendar, the series said on Wednesday.The Feb.
25 race will be Formula E's debut in South Africa and the fifth of 17 rounds next season.The city-based championship, the start of a new Gen3 era with faster, more efficient and lighter cars, starts in Mexico City in January.Formula E said renovation works to Seoul’s Olympic Stadium meant it could no longer be used as a venue and Formula E was exploring other locations in South Korea for a May 20 race.
The provisional calendar had envisaged two races in the South Korean capital, which hosted this year's season-ending ePrix.Indonesia will have two June races in Jakarta, which made its debut this year with double-header weekends also in Saudi Arabia (Diriyah) in January, Berlin in April and Rome and London in July.The venue for round 13 on 24 June was still to be confirmed.